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minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 days agoBest I can find the government gave a $1 billion loan to Canada Post. The toal expenditures in the 2024 budget was $538 billion. This is having $500 in wallet and being concerned that the $1 you loaned to someone could have been spent better.
minus-squareGrindingGears@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoIt has to start somewhere.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoMaybe start somewhere that takes at least a whole 1% of the budget instead of what amounts to a rounding error.
Best I can find the government gave a $1 billion loan to Canada Post.
The toal expenditures in the 2024 budget was $538 billion.
This is having $500 in wallet and being concerned that the $1 you loaned to someone could have been spent better.
It has to start somewhere.
Maybe start somewhere that takes at least a whole 1% of the budget instead of what amounts to a rounding error.